“He’s just a kid and has a ways to go, but it’s been a lot of fun watching him grow every shift, every day, every game.”
—NHL veteran Todd Marchant

“How many guys have done what he has that quickly?”
—All-Star Jarome Iginla

“To me, Nash is one of those sure things.”
—Veteran coach Darryl Sutter

“He has a real good smell for the puck.”
—Veteran coach Joel Quenneville

“They can’t move him—they just can’t get him out of there.”
—NHL veteran Geoff Sanderson

“Every game, every day, he’s picking up more and more.”
—NHL veteran Mike Sillinger

“He needs to get a little more respect from the referees.”
—NHL exec Doug McLean

“When you watch him play, there are rarely nights when he doesn’t make you sit up in amazement.”
—Sportswriter Mike Brophy

“The thing that impresses me most is the way he plays in front of the net.”
—NHL veteran Mattias Norstrom

“Rick is a great player for his age. He has good size and uses his speed and he drives to the net very well.”
—NHL veteran Nikolai Zherdev

“Nash is the kind of player who wants the puck in the last minute of a game.”
—Sportswriter Ken Campbell

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